Missing type checks leading to hash rewind and passing on crafted data
Priority HIGH 72CWE-20Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 13 fixed, 12 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat.
Summary
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in cipher-base allows Input Data Manipulation.This issue affects cipher-base: through 1.0.4.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0055 46th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Partial cipher-base (npm): 1.0.5Red Hat: 12 advisoriesRed Hat: 13 fixed, 12 without a fix
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | cipher-base | up to 1.0.4 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | cipher-base (npm) | before 1.0.5 | 1.0.5 | Patch available | GHSA-cpq7-6gpm-g9rc |
- cipher-base Vendor— Affected up to 1.0.4 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- cipher-base (npm) Vendor— Affected before 1.0.5 Fixed in 1.0.5 Patch available GHSA-cpq7-6gpm-g9rc
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:browserify:cipher-base:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* | up to 1.0.4 | Vulnerable | browserify |
- cpe:2.3:a:browserify:cipher-base:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* Versions up to 1.0.4 Vulnerable ·browserify
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-cpq7-6gpm-g9rc cipher-base (npm) Fixed in 1.0.5 Advisory →
Red Hat 12 advisories
- RHSA-2026:3712 Released 2026-03-04 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat OpenShift Pipelines Release 1.15.4
- Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines 1.15 registry.redhat.io/openshift-pipelines/pipelines-chains-controller-rhel8, registry.redhat.io/openshift-pipelines/pipelines-console-plugin-rhel8, registry.redhat.io/openshift-pipelines/pipelines-hub-api-rhel8 +2
- RHSA-2026:3710 Released 2026-03-04 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat OpenShift Pipelines Release 1.15.3
- Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines 1.15 registry.redhat.io/openshift-pipelines/pipelines-chains-controller-rhel8, registry.redhat.io/openshift-pipelines/pipelines-console-plugin-rhel8, registry.redhat.io/openshift-pipelines/pipelines-hub-api-rhel8 +2
- RHSA-2026:0722 Released 2026-01-15 · Red Hat rating Importantmulticluster engine for Kubernetes v2.8.4 security update
- multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.8 registry.redhat.io/multicluster-engine/addon-manager-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/multicluster-engine/backplane-rhel9-operator, registry.redhat.io/multicluster-engine/cluster-proxy-addon-rhel9 +14
Show 9 more Red Hat advisories
- RHSA-2026:0627 Released 2026-01-14 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes v2.13.5 security update
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.13 registry.redhat.io/rhacm2/acm-cli-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhacm2/acm-cluster-permission-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhacm2/acm-governance-policy-addon-controller-rhel9 +19
- RHSA-2025:23529 Released 2025-12-17 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.11.9 security update
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.11 registry.redhat.io/rhacm2/console-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhacm2/klusterlet-addon-controller-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhacm2/kube-rbac-proxy-rhel9 +3
- RHSA-2025:23528 Released 2025-12-17 · Red Hat rating Importantmulticluster engine for Kubernetes 2.6 security update
- multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.6 registry.redhat.io/multicluster-engine/addon-manager-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/multicluster-engine/clusterlifecycle-state-metrics-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/multicluster-engine/console-mce-rhel9 +6
- RHSA-2025:22905 Released 2025-12-09 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat OpenShift Pipelines Release 1.19.4
- Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines 1.19 registry.redhat.io/openshift-pipelines/pipelines-hub-api-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/openshift-pipelines/pipelines-hub-db-migration-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/openshift-pipelines/pipelines-hub-ui-rhel9
- RHSA-2025:19335 Released 2025-10-30 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.14.1 security update
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.14 registry.redhat.io/rhacm2/acm-cluster-permission-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhacm2/acm-grafana-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhacm2/acm-multicluster-observability-addon-rhel9 +9
- RHSA-2025:19332 Released 2025-10-30 · Red Hat rating Importantmulticluster engine for Kubernetes 2.9.1 security update
- multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.9 registry.redhat.io/multicluster-engine/addon-manager-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/multicluster-engine/backplane-rhel9-operator, registry.redhat.io/multicluster-engine/clusterlifecycle-state-metrics-rhel9 +7
- RHSA-2025:16020 Released 2025-09-16 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat Developer Hub 1.7.1 release.
- Red Hat Developer Hub 1.7 registry.redhat.io/rhdh/rhdh-hub-rhel9
- RHSA-2025:15847 Released 2025-09-15 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces 3.23.0 Release.
- Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces (RHOSDS) 3.23 registry.redhat.io/devspaces/code-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/devspaces/dashboard-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/devspaces/machineexec-rhel9 +3
- RHSA-2025:14767 Released 2025-08-27 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat Developer Hub 1.6.4 release.
- Red Hat Developer Hub 1.6 registry.redhat.io/rhdh/rhdh-hub-rhel9
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| OpenShift Pipelines | Affected | No fix yet |
| OpenShift Serverless | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| OpenShift Service Mesh 2 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| OpenShift Service Mesh 3 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Fuse 7 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenShift GitOps | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat build of Apicurio Registry 2 | Affected | No fix yet |
| streams for Apache Kafka 2 | Affected | No fix yet |
| streams for Apache Kafka 3 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.11 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:23529 |
| Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.12 for RHEL 9 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:18744 |
| Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.13 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:0627 |
| Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.14 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:19335 |
| Red Hat Developer Hub 1.6 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:14767 |
| Red Hat Developer Hub 1.7 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:16020 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces (RHOSDS) 3.23 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:15847 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines 1.15 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:3710 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines 1.19 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:22905 |
| multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.6 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:23528 |
| multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.7 for RHEL 9 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:18278 |
| multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.8 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:0722 |
| multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.9 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:19332 |
Not affected: 18 products
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.11
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.13
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.14
- Red Hat Developer Hub 1
- Red Hat Developer Hub 1.6
- Red Hat Developer Hub 1.7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)
- Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces
- Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces (RHOSDS) 3.23
- Red Hat OpenShift GitOps
- Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines 1.15
- Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines 1.19
- Red Hat Process Automation 7
- multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.6
- multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.8
- multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-9287
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cpq7-6gpm-g9rc
- 2026-10-27 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Sources
- CVE-2025-9287 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-9287 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-cpq7-6gpm-g9rc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2025-9287 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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